"Have a sense of humor about life -……" — Peter Jennings

More Courteous Quotes

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• If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. — Francis Bacon
• A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man. — Cyrano de Bergerac
• Something happens inside of us when we are courteous and deferential toward others. It is all part of a refining… — Gordon B. Hinckley
• Train your staff (if you have any) to be always helpful, courteous, and knowledgeable. Most importantly, give every member of… — Susan Ward
• In all your relations to men be great, just, generous, courteous, and kindly. The great are never otherwise. — Wallace D. Wattles
• After Gibbs, one the most distinguished [American scientists] was Langley, of the Smithsonian. ... He had the physicist's heinous fault… — Henry Adams
• We must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Courteous Reader, Astrology is one of the most ancient Sciences, held in high esteem of old, by the Wise and… — Benjamin Franklin
• A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I… — Edmond Rostand
• There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures… — Mark Twain
• I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned:… — Barack Obama

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